Improvement in machines for stuffing mattresses



Patented March17.1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD H. NOR-TON, OF BBIDGEVILLE, DELAYVARE.

IMPROVEMENT m MACHINES FOR STUFE-ING MATTRESSES.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 148,621, datecl March 17, 1874 -application filed February 6, 1874.

T0 all whom it may conc'rn.

Be it knoWn tl1at I, EDWARD H. NORTON, of Bridgeville, Delaware, have inventecl a new and useful Improvement in Machinery f0r Stuffing Mattresses, Oushions, &e. 0f which the following is a full, clear, and exact deseription, referenee being had to the accompany1'ng drawings making art of this specifieation, in whieh- Figure 1 is a perspective 0f my invention With tl1e b0x in position ready f0r the stuffing material. Fig. 2 represents the box covered,

"after being filled. Fig. 3 shows tl1e rake in 0f the mattress t0 be stuffed, and about twice its length. This table is proviclecl at one end with the vertical wing d, standing higherthan the upper corners 0f the box A, as shown in Fig. l. F01 convenience, tl1is wing may be hinged. The b0x A is construetecl with only three sides and a bottom, being open 0r1 the t0p and at one end, as shown in Fig. l. It is provided with tl1e handles a a, for the purpose hereinafter explained, and is constructecl in sections, as shown in Fig. 4:, for the purpose 0f agljustment to suit clifferent widths of mat-. tresses, and so that they can be withdrawn separately fr0m the saek; 01 it may be made otherwise without departing from the spirit 0f m y invention. Bis acover fitting snugly 0ver the box A, 'ancl also macle in sections like the box, and having also an 0pe1'1 encl, and provided with the handles b b. O represents a rake, the l1eacl of which is provided. with teeth, as shown in Fig. 3, an l of awidth to move freely within the box A, tl1e handle c being longer than the box, ancl provided with the holes e, t0 secure and hold the rake in position.

.Tl1e operation 0f 1ny inventionis as follows: The box A is placed 011 the table D, With its open encl against tl1e wing d. The stuffing materi-al is now placecl in tl1e box by band, in any quantity desired, ancl the t0p B is plaeed over it, and the saek is drawn over the whole. The pins i i are nowinserted, as shown in Fig. 2, 130 hold back the box A while the sections 0f the top B are being withclrawn, by means 0f the hanclles b b, through the open end 0f the sack, being first lifted 0ver the said pins. The pinsz' 41 are removed, and the rake 0 is next inserted in the lo0x A, and the handle c passecl outside ancl over the sack, and secure l at the point e 011 tl1e wing of the table by tl1e pin 13, or in any other convenient means. The rake seeurely holcls the stuffing in position in tl1e sack wl1ile the sections of the box A are being withdrawn by means 0f the handles a a. After this the rake is rea-dily withdrawn, when the saek rernains stuffed an(l ready for the needle.

I am aware that mattresses have beeu stuffed by machinery, an(l that boxes With covers have been used, over which the tieking or sack has been clrawn; but these machines have been more 01 less costly and complicated, and they have failecl t0 provide any sufficient means f0r holding the stuffing in the ticking while the box and cover are being removed therefrom. Taking out the box and eover in sections lessens the risk of disturbing the filling ancl labor in removing.

Having tl1us explained n1y iuvention, what I elaim as new, ancl desire t0 seeure by Letters Patent, is

The box A, cover B, and rake O, in combination witl1 the table D, provided with the wing d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. EDWVARD H. NORTUN. Witnesses:

S. RAWLINS, C. E. NORTON. 

